The qualifications and requirements that ARB uses to determine Assessors Accreditation.

Note: IAF 1600 version 3 has been published on 2018-10-29 and will be effective from 2019-01-31. The sole substantive change in this revision is the replacement of previous criteria AD.1 and AD.2 with a single criterion, AD.3. In addition, some editorial changes have been made to ensure understanding or to avoid ambiguity.

It defines the obligations upon Applicant and Approval-holding CSPs, the ARB and its Secretariat, and Accredited Assessors, with regard to the Approval assessment and application processes. Effective from: 2018-05-01, after which date any parts of the KIAF-1300 (AAS) and KIAF -1800 (RAA) which address the scope now covered by the SAH, shall be withdrawn and no longer accepted by the ARB.